Poultry-roost.



No. 892,004. PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908. J. E. MQKINZIE.

POULTRY ROOST.

JOHN E. MCKINZIE, OF WINTERSET, IOWA.

POULTRY-BOOST.

Application filed May 13,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

1907. Serial No. 373,384.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN E. MoKINZIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at vVinterset, in the county of Madison and State of Iowa, haveinvented a certain new and useful Poultry-Roost, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a poultry roost of simple,durable and inexpensive construction capable of standing in a horizontalposition when in use and also capable of being quickly and easily foldedagainst a side wall when not in use so that access maybe had to thespace under the roost for cleaning purposes, and further to provide apoultry roost in which poultry lice or other parasites will not travelfrom the Walls of the building to the roost pieces or from one roostpiece to the other and to provide a roost in which a single fowl willoccupy each roost piece and the fowls will be so spaced apart that theyill not touch each otherwhen on the roost so that insects or parasiteson one fowl will not spread to other fowls.

My invention consists in certain details in the construction,arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, wherebythe objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully setforth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a portion of abuilding equipped with my improved poultry roost shown in its horizontalposition ready for use. Fig. 2 shows an end view of my improved poultryroost with the end piece supported in a horizontal position. The dottedlines in said figure show said end piece supported in a verticalposition. Fig. 3 shows a detail edge view of one of the roost pieces,and Fig. 4 shows a detail, perspective view illustrating the end of oneof the end pieces supported in a vertical position by means of a hook.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the numeral 10 toindicate the uprights of the, building in which the roost is placed. Theroost proper comprises two wooden end pieces 11 connected by hinges 12at one end with two of the uprights 10. The free ends of the end piecesare provided with slots 13 and fiXed to the uprights 10 opposite fromthe ones to which the end pieces are hinged are the hooks 14 designed toenter the slots 13 and to thereby support the end pieces in horizontalpositions. I have also provided for supporting these end pieces inupright positions as follows: Attached to the same uprights 10 to whichthe end pieces are hinged are the hooks 15 capable of being easilyturned in their supports. These hooks are so arranged that when theyextend downwardly, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, they will enterthe slots 13 when the end pieces are swung to upright positions. Then byturning said hooks to the position shown in Fig. 4, the end pieces arefirmly held in position and can be released only by turning the hooksdownwardly.

Attached to the end pieces 11 is a series of longitudinal wires 16, eachwire being (loubled and twisted, said wires being spaced apart an equaldistance from each other. The roost pieces are preferably made of woodand each comprises a straight body portion 17 with notches 18 at itsends. These roost pieces are secured to the wires by having the endsprojected through the ends of the twisted and doubled wires, thus firmlyconnecting the roost pieces with the wires. These roost pieces arearranged in rows spaced apart equal distances from each other, the roostpieces from one row being arranged midway between the roost pieces ofthe adjacent row so that all of the roost pieces are in staggeredpositions. These roost pieces are made of such length that only one fowlmay occupy one roost piece and on account of the staggered relation ofsaid roost pieces a fowl upon one roost piece will not touch a fowl uponany adjacent roost piece. In this way all crowding together of the fowlsis avoided and the weaker ones are not thrown from the roost by thestronger ones. The supporting hooks 14 are spaced apart from each otherso far that when. the end pieces 11 are connected with them, thelongitudinal wires 16 will be stretched taut.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States therefor is 1. In a ')oultry roost,the combination of a series of longitudinal wires, and a number of rowsof wooden roost pieces supported by the wires, the roost pieces of onerow being in staggered positions with relation to those of the adjacentrow.

2. In a poultry roost, the combination of a number of doubled twistedwires in parallel positions, and a number of rows of short Wooden roostpieces With notched ends innext, the roost pieces of one row being stag-10 serted in the Wires and supported thereby, gered With relation tothose of the adjoining the roost pieces in one row being out of linerow. With those of tlhe next row}. b f Des Moines, Iowa, February 1,1907.

3. In a ou tr roost, tie 0on1 ination o I two end pieces number ofparallel Wires JOHN MOKINZIE' fixed to the end pieces, and a number ofrows Witnesses: of shortwoodenroost pieces, supported by the B. N.CLARK, Wires, each extending from one Wire to the I. W. CLARK.

